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Rope coils, clockwise or anti clockwise
Jim Lad replied to S.Coleman's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Kester - remember that as the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, only left handed people are in their right minds!! As for ropes, if you coil a right handed rope anti-clockwise, it will kink when you run it out! John -
That looks very nice, Juergen. I like the way you have fitted the upper frames into the bulkheads! John
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And each one of those bolts is threaded and had to be screwed in! John
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Bite! John
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Crikey, Jason, you're nearly there! Another 'Mercury' almost ready to sail! John
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Danny, Looks like I'll need to take a drive up the F3 when I need some serious metal working done! John
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Very nice looking stern timbers! John
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Gripos-kaiki by Giorgos - FINISHED
Jim Lad replied to Giorgos's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
A very interesting and nice looking boat. She'll make a fine model. John -
sail powered submarine - moved by moderator
Jim Lad replied to Kevin's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I bet someone got it in the neck over that empty reserve tank! Strangely enough, that photo Kevin posted is the only one I can find of the R14 under sail - you'd think that such an unusual incident would have bred more photos. John -
She has sails! She has sails! looking good, Popeye! John
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This sounds like it will be an interesting project, Wayne. John
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Thanks for your 2 cents, Håkan! I know these craft were beamy, but there seems to be very little under the water and contemporary paintings show them carrying an aweful lot of canvas in fairly strong conditions. John
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Great, Michael. There seem to be quite a few manufacturers who have all the dimensions published. John
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Sorry, Michael. I saw your question and then forgot to answer it! And I'm afraid my answer is - I'm not sure; I only build 'em! If you go back to page 1 of this more or less rebuilt log you'll see the only known painting of the Stag showing her under full sail. Like all other paintings I've seen of such cutters, the mainsail is hauled in fairly flat - maybe to stop it from blanketting the square sails, which would give her a lot of driving power. of course the paintings may simply be using artistic licence to show a 'romantic' view of the cutters under full sail. It would be a pretty easy job to slack away the lee backstay - it's only two tackles to let go. I'd be intrested to hear from anyone who has any actual information on the sailing of these ships. John PS Actually I'd like to get some information on how they managed to keep these craft upright when they were under a press of sail - they don't draw a lot of water!!!
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Thanks Tony! John
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Michael, Have a look at this web page - it's a manufacturer's catalogue with thimble sozes. http://www.nobles.com.au/3dissue/section03/files/14.html John
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Thanks Andy - we tend to call both 'bottlescrews' (or sometimes the open sided one 'rigging screw). John
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Michael and Andy, I always thought that 'turnbuckle' was the North American word for 'bottlescrew', but you've both used both terms - Is there a difference? Michael, you could always put a Senhouse slip on the lashing for the dinghy! John
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Popeye, Russ and Bob (Rafine) - Thanks very much for your encouraging words. Adeline - They're actually single backstays, but set up with a variation of the double Spanish burton tackle, which gives a mechanical advantage of 8 times. I think, as you say, that that's an indication of the weight of canvas she carried! Augie - the forestay set up is really unusual. I first thought that the stay must run over a sheave between the bowsprit (offset to port) and the stem, but there isn't any space for it there. After much studying of the plans and an equal amount of head scratching, I decided that it actually ran through the stem. As the knee that it's lashed around is right on the centreline that makes sense as it gives a straight lead for the lashing. Bob (Cap'n'Bob) - we have to use spiders here. The rigging fairies won't come to Australia as they're too scared of the spiders! John
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Well, the spiders have started work in earnst now. The lower shrouds, forestay and running backstays are rigged, but not yet finally tied off, although that can be done anytime now. Next job, I think, will be to rig the boom as I won't be able to get to the parrel once a little more rigging is done around the mast. Then it'll be on to the ratlines - only one lower mast to do. Here are some pictures of where we are now. First, a few general views of the model. I think she's finally starting to look like a real cutter with the backstays rigged! The unusual arrangement of the backstays. These are very like the backstays that Petersson shows in his book 'Rigging Period Fore and Aft Craft', but are pretty unusual for the period judging by the contemporary models that I've seen. The inboard end of the backstays, showing the details as shown on the plans, which confirm the backstay arrangement as shown in the painting. The very unusual lower end of the forestay. This is shown in detail on the plan, so I have to assume that it's as rigged. The plan shows four turns of the laniard secured by four hitches, so my stay has (you guessed it) four turns and four hitches. I think I'm going too far!!! John
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Nice work, Danny. That's a fascinating way to make the pintles, by the way. Waht have you been giving the rigging spiders to drink? Obviously it's far too strong! John
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Good grief - thinbles now! There's no end to the products churning out of your blacksmiths shop, Michael! John
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Augie, at 1:48, the Cheerful could carry my Stag as the ship's launch! John
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Still enjoying the lovely cabinetmaking, Gary! John
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